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distinguishable

[dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩]

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distinguishable adjective: able, or easily able to be distinguished.

Adjective

distinguishable (comparative more distinguishable, superlative most distinguishable)

  1. Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
    • Black is very distinguishable against a white background
    • So much does creative wisdom [of Divine Providence] seem to delight in variety, that, tame only a nest of small birds—starlings or sparrows—and you will soon perceive that these birds will not only be distinguishable by bodily appearance, but also by individuality of temper. The same diversity of...1881, John Younger, “Introductory Chapter”, in Autobiography of John Younger, Shoemaker, St. Boswells, Kelso, Scotland: J. & J.H. Rutherfurd, page xi
    Synonyms:
    differentiable

distinguishable meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

distinguishable in Malayalam

recognizable, discernible, identifiable
വേർതിരിച്ചറിയാവുന്ന, വ്യവച്ഛേദ്യ, വകതിരിച്ചറിയാവുന്ന, കാണാവുന്ന, പ്രത്യേകം അറിയാവുന്ന, വേർപെടുത്തിക്കാണാവുന്ന

distinguishable in Kannada

distinguishable
ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ spaṣṭa

Examples of distinguishable in a sentence

  • The HGP researchers found that there was no support for the classification of humxns into distinguishable races.
  • The buildings in northern cities no longer look distinguishable from buildings in southern cities.
  • It is wearing an Egyptian hairdress, but no crown is distinguishable.

All 21 example sentences with distinguishable

Synonyms of distinguishable

Antonyms

Forms of distinguishable

comparativemore distinguishable
superlativemost distinguishable

Origin of distinguishable

From distinguish + -able.

Words formed from distinguishable

Questions about distinguishable

What does distinguishable mean?
Distinguishable means able, or easily able to be distinguished.
What is distinguishable in Malayalam?
Distinguishable in Malayalam is വേർതിരിച്ചറിയാവുന്ന, വ്യവച്ഛേദ്യ, വകതിരിച്ചറിയാവുന്ന. See Distinguishable meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is distinguishable?
Distinguishable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce distinguishable?
Distinguishable is pronounced [dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩].

Words near distinguishable in the dictionary

  1. distingue
  2. distinguee
  3. distinguish
  4. distinguishabilities
  5. distinguishability
  6. distinguishable
  7. distinguishableness
  8. distinguishably
  9. distinguished
  10. Distinguished Competition
  11. distinguished open set

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: distinguishable (page history and authors); distinguishable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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